Bed time

My baby is 15 weeks old. He obviously sleeps in the next to me at night. But what do yous do when putting your baby to bed? Do yous just take them up with you when you’re going to bed or do you put them to bed and watch on the camera ?

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We’re 14.5 weeks and do a bedtime routine with bed around 7/8pm with a monitor!

Yeh we're nearly 13 weeks here and we've been doing bedtime around 7/7:30pm with the monitor on for a month or so now 😊

Baby stays with me until I go to sleep. All sleeps should be in the same room as you until 6 months+ it’s protective of SIDS. A monitor cannot replicate your presence x

I keep my little one with me and take her up when I go to bed for her last bottle which usually falls around 8/9 (I also go to bed latest 9pm so) 😂

Bedtime routine is between 7-8 . When he is asleep I sit in bed and read with a reading light and my husband plays on the steam deck. I'm normally asleep by 9

My girls 11 weeks i put her to bed about 8.30/9. We have a 45 min wind down routine and she takes between 15-30 mins to put herself to sleep while we monitor from nearby. Normally calls for us once to reasure we are close and to give her dummy back.

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Looking for some reassurance that others do this and I'm not just an awful mum 😅

Baby is safe in their next to me looking quite content - I am watching on the camera having a bath... but can't bring myself to relax because I feel bad they're awake...
Any other mamas need a little me time?
Obviously any sign of upset and I'd be straight out!

Having a hard time emotionally at the moment but you know what at least I showered today.

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